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Jolin1 Webster received land in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1634, and resided there until his death, which occurred prior to November 4, 1646. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary Shatswell, survived him, and married for her second husband, in 1650, John Emery. John2 Webster, born about 1632, married at Newbury, June 13, 1653, Anne Batt. Jolin3 Webster, born February 11, 1655-6, married March 9, 1680-1, Bridget Huggins. John+ Webster, born November 2, 1683, served as a soldier in the foot company of 1702. In 1707 he married Sarah Greeley. Andrew5 Webster, born November 12, 1710, married, first, Mercy Clough, who died January 30, 1741. He married second, December 10, 1742, Pru- dence Weare.
Andrew6 Webster was born in Salisbury, Mass. When a young child he went with his parents to New Meadows, now Brunswick, Me. Ile subsequently lived at different periods in various towns in Maine, including Georgetown, Penobscot, Wheelborough (now Hampden), Bangor (his residence in that city being near
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the intersection of Main and Water Streets), and in Orono, where his death occurred Novem- ber 1, 1807. He was a ship-builder by trade, and carried on a good business in this line of: industry. He was influential in town affairs, oftentimes serving as Town Clerk and as Se- lectman. He served as the first Town Treas- urer of Orono, where he was constable and Moderator in 1806. He married in 1766 Martha Crane, of Topsham. She died in 1823. They were both members of the old Brewer and Bangor Church, to which they were ad- mitted prior to 1800.
Daniel Webster, born April 10, 1776, died May 11, 1818. His home in Bangor was near the Red Bridge. He was an active, enterprising citizen and quite prominent in the management of town affairs. On April 10, 1802, he married Elizabeth Boyd, daughter of Deacon William Boyd. She was born April 14, 1777, and died September 15, 185S. Both united with the First Church of Bangor, February S, 1815. They were the parents of ten children, of whom the eighth in succession of birth was Caroline Valentine8 Webster, who married the Rey. Thomas Smith. Caroline Webster Smith, their daughter, married Joseph G. Blake, a -sketch of whose life may be found on another page of this volume.
Daniel8 Webster, the ninth child of the family of ten children, was born May 24, 1815, and died April 30, 1902, at the old homestead in Bangor. In early manhood he taught school for a few years, after which he went to the copper regions of the West and the South. At one time he was engaged in mining in Pennsyl- vania. He subsequently engaged in lumbering in Quebec; but after his marriage he settled on the home farm in Bangor, and during the re- mainder of his active life was employed in mer- cantile pursuits. On October 26, 1858, he mar- ried Alice E. Parker, who was born June 30, 1834, and died March 4, 1901. They had a large family of children, twelve in number, namely: Daniel, the subject of this sketch; Francis Carr, born August 21, 1861, died No- vember 29, 1902; Frederick, born August S, 1863, died October 10, 1863; Alfred Parker, born August S, 1864, married January 17, 1893, Edith P. Potter, who was born February 23,
1872; William Boyd, born August 28, 1866; Andrew, born July 12, 1SGS, died February 12, 1903; Edwin Parker and Herbert Smith (twins), born May 16, 1870; Margaret Carr, born December 18, 1872, married Harold H. Hodge, of Bangor, June 17, 1902; Donald Mc- Ruer, born July 9, 1874; John Peters, born June 13, 1876; and Caroline Smith, born March 16, 1879.
Daniel Webster was educated in the public schools of Bangor and at the University of Maine. When a young man, he entered the service of the Eastern Express Company, after- ward absorbed by the American Express Con- pany, and has since continued in this line of occupation. In 1902 he assumed the superin- tendency of the Maine, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia Division of the American Express Company, succeeding Mr. F. W. Carr, the former efficient superintendent, and is performing the duties connected with his position in an able and satisfactory manner. Politically, he is a Republican. On April 10, 1895, Mr. Webster married Anna M. Warner, of Northampton, Mass. They have no children.
ARROLL WAITE ABBOTT, M.D., a prominent medical practitioner of Waterville, and ex-Mayor of that city, is a son of Henry and Charlotte (Waite) Abbott, and was born in Rumford, Ox- ford County, Me., August 29, 1855. He is of early New England colonial stock, and some of his ancestors served in the war for American independence. His father was a well-known resident of Rumford. George1 Abbot, from whom Dr. Abbott traces his descent in the direct male line, is said to have come to this . country in 1640. He settled in Andover, Mass., as early as 1643, and died in Andover in 1681, aged sixty-six years. In December, 1646, George Abbot married Hannah Chandler, who bore him thirteen children. Their son Thomas? (born 1666, died 1728) was a farmer, and lived on the west side of the Shawshine River in Andover. He married in 1697 Hannah Gray. The eldest of the ten children born of this union was Thomas3 (born 1699), who lived on the homestead. Thomas3 Abbot married in 1725
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Elizabeth Ballard, by whom he had eleven children, the eighth being Nathan+, who was born in Andover in February, 1736-7, and died in Concord, N.H., in 1805. Nathan+ Abbot married Betsey Farnum in 1766. Their son, Henry," who was born in Concord, July 24, 1774, married Susan Hall, and removed to Rumford, Me., settling near Rumford Falls. He was a tanner by trade and a noted hunter. Henry5 Abbot and his wife Susan were the parents of twelve children, the youngest of whom, Henry, Jr., 6 was born in Rumford, Me., February S, 1823. He, Henry Abbott, Jr.," was first married, in 1847, to Rozilla W. Hall, and second in 1853 to Charlotte A. Waite, daughter of Aaron and Charlotte Waite, of Dixfield, Me. The chil- dren of his first union are-Flora E. (wife of Clifford Elliott, of Rumford, who has two chil- dren, Mary and Susan), Wallace M., and Walter A. Abbott. Those of his second marriage are: Carroll W., M.D., the principal subject of this sketch; Rose A., born April 28, 1860, wife of the Rev. Dr. Rodney F. Johonnot, of Oak Park, Ill .; and Charles H., born October 9, 1864. The latter was married in 1886 to Lucy Kim- ball, of Rumford. Their children are-Evelyn, Lydia A., and Madeline.
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Carroll Waite Abbott pursued his preparatory studies at the Oxford Normal Institute and the Hebron Academy, graduating from the latter in 1877. Entering Bowdoin that year he studied in both the college and medical depart- ments, receiving his professional degree in 1881. The necessary funds for his professional train- ing were acquired through his own efforts, as while fitting for college he taught nineteen terms of school. Settling in Albion, Me., in- mediately after his graduation, he acquired, during his residence of about eleven years in that town, an extensive practice, and for a period of seven years he acted as Supervisor of Schools. In order to further perfect his medical education he, in the winter of 1893, pursued post-graduate studies at the New York Polyclinic, also spending considerable time in the hospitals of the metropolis; and in the following May he settled in Waterville, where he has since practised both medicine and surgery with the most gratifying success. Uniting with his professional skill a good gen-
eral knowledge of affairs and an ample share of business capacity, he was elected by his fellow-citizens in 1898 to the office of Mayor: and during his year's incumbency he directed the public business of the municipality in an able and satisfactory manner. At the present time he is serving upon the Board of Education. In politics he is a Republican.
Dr. Abbott is quite largely interested in financial affairs, being a trustee of the Water- ville Trust Company, also a trustee and mem- ber of the executive board of the same. His professional society affiliations are with the Maine Medical . Association, Maine Academy of Medicine, the Kennebec County and the Waterville Clinical Medical Societies, he being an ex-president of the county society; and he is also a member and ex-president of the Water- ville Clinical Society. He is an advanced Mason, being a member of the Blue Lodge. .. chapter and commandery; and he also affiliates with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. the Ancient Order of American Mechanics, and the New England Order of Protection.
On October 2, 1882, Dr. Abbott married Miss Georgia Wilson, who was born in Albion, December 2, 1864, daughter of Dr. George H. and Mary (Parsons) Wilson, of that town. Their children are: Henry W., born August 18, 1884: and Mary C., born May 29, 1887. Henry is a member of the Freshman class of Colby College. Waterville, and Mary is in the Waterville High School.
ON. ELLIOTT WOOD, Postmaster at Winthrop, and chairman of the Re- publican Town Committee, was born in Winthrop, July 21, 1844, son of Lewis and Anna Alden (Snell) Wood. His pa- rents also were natives of Winthrop, where his paternal grandfather, Major Elijah Wood, settled as pioncer. His father; who cultivated a farm throughout the active period of his life, died in 1892.
Tracing his ancestry on the paternal side back to Peter Brown, one of the Pilgrim Fathers who landed on Plymouth Rock in December, 1620, Mr. Wood joined the "Society of 'May- flower' Descendants" in 1902. In fact he is
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doubly qualified for membership in that his- toric order, his mother, whose maiden name was Anna Alden Snell, being numbered among the posterity of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden.
Thomas1 Snell, the immigrant progenitor of the family of this name, came from England about the year 1665, and settled in West Bridgewater, Mass. He married Martha, daugh- ter of Arthur Harris. Their son Josiah,2 born in 1674, married, in 1699, Anna Alden, daugh- ter of Zachariah- Alden (John1). Josiah3 Snell, Jr., married, in 1728, Abigail Fobes, daughter of John Fobes. Deacon Elijah+ Snell, born in 1734, son of Josiah, Jr., married in 1760 Su- sanna Howard, and was the father of John Eliot Snell, born in 1783, Mr. Wood's maternal grandfather, who removed from Bridgewater, Mass., to Winthrop, Me.
Elliott Wood was educated in the Monmouth (Me.) Academy and Edward Little Institute at Auburn, Me. Shortly after completing his studies he engaged in the dry-goods trade at Winthrop, continuing in that business for a number of years. For nearly six years from 1881 he served as Postmaster, and in 1900 was again appointed to the same office, which he still retains.
Mr. Wood has a long and honorable political record, having held numerous elective offices and public appointments, the duties of which he has executed in an able and conscientious manner, and he is a leading spirit in the local Republican party, with which he has affiliated from the time of his majority. For ten years he served as a Selectman, being chairman of the board for seven years. He was a Representa- tive to the Legislature in 1879 and a member of the executive council in 1887-SS, and was subsequently for four years a State Senator.
In 1889 he served as Postmaster of the United States Senate. For fifteen years he has been chairman of the Republican Town Committee, and he is also a member of the Republican County Committee. He has devoted consid- erable time to the interests of public educa- tion, having been a member of the Winthrop School Committee for five years. He is at the present time secretary of the board of trus- tees of the University of Maine, of which he
has been a member for eight years, and he is also president of the board of trustees of Mon- mouth Academy. He is a Master Mason and a Knight Templar, affiliating with the local Blue Lodge and Trinity Commandery of Augusta.
Mr. Wood was married February 20, 1872. to Miss Rufina Brown, daughter of the late Currier Brown, of Readfield, Me. They have one daughter, Abbie E. Wood.
ENRY FLORISTON DE LESCE WYMAN, agriculturist, is a native- born citizen of Belgrade, Kennebec County, Maine, the date of his birth being May 12, 1840. His parents were Almond H. and Caroline Amanda (Smith) Wyman, the father a native of Belgrade and the mother of Searsmont, Waldo County, Me. Mr. Wyman's paternal grandfather, David Wyman, was born in Belgrade, being son of Simeon Wyman. a na- tive of Woburn, Mass., who was one of the first settlers in that town. Simeon Wyman was born in Woburn in July, 1734, son of Benjamin3 (Thomas," Francis1).
The Wyman family was first represented in this country by two brothers, Francis and John Wyman, who were among the earliest settlers of Cha lestown Village (Woburn), Mass. They were sons of Francis Wyman, Sr., of the parish of Westmill, county of Hertford, England, whose will was probated in February, 165S.
Almond Hibbard Wyman was a lifelong resi- dent of Belgrade and a prominent citizen of the town, serving as Selectman and Town Clerk. He was also a Captain in the State inilitia, and was familiarly known as Captain Wyman. For a number of years he served as a justice of the peace. He died November 2, 1867. Four chil- dren were born to him and his wife Caroline. namely-Abbie, Charles H., Henry F. De L., and Mary C.
Henry Floriston De Lesce Wyman was edu- cated in the public schools of Belgrade and at Tit- comb Academy, Belgrade Hill. For some years he taught school during the fall and winter. and he became further identified with educational matters as supervisor and afterward as Super- intendent of the Schools of Belgrade. His in- terest in all matters pertaining to education and
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pedagogics he has since retained. In 1876 he served in the House of Representatives, being elected on the Democratic ticket from the dis- trict composed of the towns of Belgrade, Sidney, and Rome. He was formerly for some years a member of the Democratic Central Committee of Kennebec County, and for many years served as moderator of the town meetings of Belgrade. He is a member of the Masonic order and of Cascade Grange, P. of H. He owns a good farm of one hundred acres, devoted to general agri- culture and dairying.
Mr. Wyman married November 5, 1863, Delia A. Crowell, who was born in Belgrade, Me., No- vember 6, 1842, a daughter of Charles B. and Eliza (Merrill) Crowell, Mrs. Wyman's father being a native of Belgrade and her mother of Dexter, Me. Her paternal grandfather, Joseph Crowell, who was a son of Zadoc Crowell, was an early settler in this town. Charles B. Crowell was a prominent citizen of Belgrade in his day, and served as Selectman." Mr. and Mrs. Wyman have had two children, both daughters: Mertie De Lesce, who died at the age of nine years; and Caro Eliza, a graduate of the Maine State Normal School at Farmington and of the Emerson College of Oratory at Boston, Mass. Miss Wyman is now assistant principal in the Massachusetts Fields Grammar School at Quincy, Mass. Mrs. Wyman, as well as her husband, is a member of Cascade Grange, P. of H., at Oakland.
R EUBEN EDNIJAH HATHORN, of Ban- gor, was born in the Province of Quebec. Canada, April 19, 1858, a son of Edwin and Isabel (Beattie) Hathorn. He comes of Massachusetts colonial stock, and is a representative of the fifth generation of his family in Maine. From Silas Hathorn, who migrated from Marlboro, Mass., and settled in Bangor in 1772, the line of descent continued through his son Ashbel and grandson Reuben/ son of Ashbel, to Edwin, son of Reuben and father of Reuben E. Silas Hathorn, born in Marlboro, December 22, 1732, was son of Eben- ezer Hathorn, who married in Marlboro, in 1730, Elizabeth Goodell, daughter of Benjamin Goodell. Her father was a grandson of Robert Goodell, an carly settler in Salem, Mass. Eben-
ezer Hathorn, father of Silas, is said to have been son of a Benjamin Hathorn, also of Marlboro, not mentioned, however, in Hudson's " Marlboro Genealogies." He was probably a lineal de- scendant of William Hathorne (the founder of the family in New England), who came over in 1630, and in 1636 settled in Salem, Mass. Na- thaniel Hawthorne, the author, was a descend- ant of William1 Hathorne through his son John,? known in history as Judge Hathorne, of Salem.
Silas Hathorn was a soldier in the French and Indian War. He died in Bangor prior to 1786, as his widow in that year was a petitioner to the General Court for land as a settler before the war. Ashbel Hathorn also was a pioneer settler of Penobscot County, finding his way from Massachusetts by means of blazed trees, and, on reaching Kenduskeag stream, settling on lot number thirty-one in what is now the town of Veazie. He took up land that was in its primitive wildness, and here cleared a farm, on which he resided until his death, which occurred December 25, 1843. He carried on general farming, and also engaged in lumbering. He was a man of fine physique, tall, strong, and healthy. While living in Massachusetts he mar- ried Nancy Pitcher. She survived him, dying November 26, 1846. They were the parents of eleven children, namely-Lucy, Hannah, Lydia, Polly, David, Reuben, Abigail, Daniel, Nancy, Rebecca, and Jane.
Reuben Hathorn, born in that part of Bangor now called Veazie, June 11, 1804, died in March, 1850. On January 10, 1833, he married Louisa Hathorn, who was born in Bangor, January 25, 1SOS, and died January 13, 1849 .. She was a daughter of Silas Hathorn, Jr., who was born in Massachusetts, June 3, 1779, and came with his father, Silas Hathorn, Sr., brother of Ashbel Hathorn, to Bangor, Me., where his death oc- curred January 20, 1842. He married Lucy Handley, daughter of John Handley, of Thom- aston, Me. Reuben and Louisa (Hathorn) Hathorn were the parents of four children, namely: Edwin, father of Reuben E .: Isabel, born in Bangor, May 29, 1837: Silas Augustus, born in Bangor, February 3, 1840, now living on the old homestead; and Alfred Ernest, born in Bangor, December 28, 1844.
Edwin Hathorn was born January 30, 1834,
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in that part of the city of Bangor now known as Veazie. He spent a part of his early man- hood in Canada, but subsequently returned to Veazie, where he carried on general farming on the homestead farm until his death, July 1, 1885. He married July 22, 1857, at Sherbrooke, Quebec, Isabel Beattie, who was born August 13, 1838. Her parents, John and Elizabeth (Douglas) Beattie, were both born in Scotland. Edwin Hathorn and his wife reared two chil- dren, Reuben E. and Fredrick H.
Fredrick H. Hathorn was born on the Hathorn homestead in Veazie, January 20, 1861. In September, 1899, he married Alice M. Tate, daughter of William and Mary Louise Tate, of Topsham, Me. They have one child, Helen Louisa, born in Veazie, January 6, 1901.
Reuben E. Hathorn was but three months old when his parents came from Canada to Veazie, where he was brought up. He attended school in Veazie and afterward in Bangor. At an early age he acquired .practical knowledge of agriculture, and followed general farming in Veazie until 1SSO. Coming then to Bangor, he accepted a position on the City Farm as a laborer, and two years later, his capability and sterling worth being fully appreciated by the municipal authorities, he was appointed Super- intendent of the City Farin. This office he has since retained, his services being in every way satisfactory, meeting the approval of all con- cerned. He is held in high esteem as a citizen. He is a member of the A. O. U. W .; also of Bangor Grange, No. 372, P. of H .; and of the I. O. O. F., whichi he joined in the spring of the present year, 1903.
On November 10, 1883, Mr. Hathorn married Helen F. Canney, who was born January 21, 1861, a daughter of James E. and Hannah (Brown) Canney, of Milo, Me. Mr. and Mrs. Hathorn have no children.
OIIN H. BARTON, of Windsor, Kenne- bec County, was born in this town, No- vember 9, 1835, son of William C. and Susan C. (Pierce) Barton. He is a representative of the fourth generation of his family in Windsor, being a great-grandson of Dr. Stephen Barton, who was among the first
settlers of Windsor, and was one of the earliest physicians in Kennebec County.
Dr. Stephen Barton was born in Sutton, Mass., as stated in the history of that town, in 1740. He was a son of Edmund Barton, and grand- son of Samuell Barton, who is said to have been of Framingham, Mass., as early as 1699. Dr. Barton married in 1765 Dorothy, daughter of Elijah Moore, of Oxford, Mass., and resided in that town till his removal to Maine about 1776. Elijah M. Barton, son of Dr. Stephen and grandfather of John H. Barton, was born in Maine in 1784. He served in the War of 1812 against Great Britain.
William C. Barton, who was born in Vassal- boro, Me., son of Elijah, was a well-known and esteemed citizen of Windsor in his day, and served capably in public office, being a member of the Board of County Commissioners of Ken- nebec County. His wife, Susan C., was born in Windsor, Me., her parents being Luther and Lydia (Chadwick) Pierce. Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Barton six are now living, namely: John H., whose name appears at the head of this sketch; Varila Fuller, now Mrs. James Hoagland Cox, of Tabor, N.J .; Lydia Pierce, wife of Albert A. Hall, of Boston, Mass .; Belinda, wife of Edwin Day, of Boston, Mass .; Ella Alvina, who resides in Augusta, Me .; and Susan Fanny, who is the wife of J. M. Rogers, of Gardiner, Me.
John H. Barton was reared to manhood in his native town of Windsor, his education being acquired at the China (Me.) Academy and the Maine Wesleyan Seminary at Kent's Hill. When a young man he was occupied for a num- ber of years in teaching school during the winter terms. His more permanent occupation has been agriculture, which he has followed up to the present time very successfully. His farm, containing one hundred and twenty-five acres, includes a well-equipped dairy, whose products, being of a high grade, command a ready sale in the market.
On February 27, 1859, Mr. Barton iharried Ellen Adelia Goddard, who was born in Au- gusta, Me., a daughter of William Hall and Esther (Edwards) Goddard, her father being a native of Springfield, Mass., and her mother of Gilmanton, N.H. In carlier years, before her
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marriage, Mrs. Barton taught school in China, Me., in which town she resided for a number of years with her parents. She has had two children: Stella Elizabeth, who is now teaching in the public schools of Kennebec County; and William Albert, now deceased, who was formerly principal of the commercial department at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Kent's Hill.
A Republican in politics, Mr. Barton has taken an active and useful part in town affairs. He is now serving his eighth year as a member of the Board of Selectmen, of which he is the chairman; and for several years he has been a member of the Republican Town Committee. His judgment upon public questions is rarely at fault, and the conscientious manner in which he works for the town's best interests, united with his genial manners and neighborly traits of character have made liim generally popular with his fellow-townsmen. He belongs to Dirigo Lodge, F. & A. M., at Teek's Mills, of which he was Master for two years, also D. D. G. M. of that order for two terms. He and Mrs. Barton are both charter members of Windsor Grange, No. 284, P. of H., of which also he has been Master. He was Master of Kennebec Pomona Grange for two years, also County Deputy under State Master Wiggin and State Master Gardner.
MOS F. CROCKETT, of Rockland, was born on Juniper Hill in this city, July 16, 1840, son of Captain Robert and Lucy (Achorn) Crockett. His pater- ยท nal grandfather, Robert J. Crockett, was a son of Jonathan Crockett, who was born at Fal- mouth, now Portland, Me., July 2, 1741 (O. S.).
Jonathan Crockett married January 18, 1763, Elioenai Robbins. She was born April 20, 1747, being the eldest daugliter of Oliver and Elioenai (Shepard) Robbins. Her paternal grandfather, Ebenezer Robbins, who was born in Walpole, Mass., May 19, 1691, and died in that town in 1762, was a son of William and Priscilla Robbins, from whom, according to Sibley's History of Union, all of the Robbins family living in this part of Maine are de- scended. Mary Robbins, the first wife of Ebenezer, died in early womanhood. He mar-
ried for his second wife Experience Holmes. Oliver Robbins, born in Walpole, Mass., in October, 1727, son of Ebenezer and Mary, married, first, Elioenai Shepard, who was born in Wrentham, Mass., August 1, 1727. They came to Maine, and settled in St. George, now Thomaston, where she died in 1772. In 1775 he married Mrs. Chloe Blackington, of Attle- boro, Mass. She died in 1790, and he on March 27, 1792. On February 22, 1792, was pub- lished his intention of marriage with Mrs. Anna Maxey, of Union.
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